Several hurt in car incident near London museum — but police say no terror link

Police officers stand in the road near the Natural History Museum, after a car mounted the pavement injuring a number of pedestrians, police said, in London, Britain October 7, 2017. (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls)

London police said on Saturday a number of pedestrians had been injured near the city’s Natural History Museum and that a man had been detained at the scene, but they were not treating the incident as terrorism-related

British media reported a car had mounted the sidewalk outside the tourist attraction.

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London’s Metropolitan Police described the incident in the South Kensington area of west London as a collision and said the motive for the incident was under investigation.

“Inquiries to establish the circumstances and motive are under way,” police said on Twitter.

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